Improvement in hats or caps



A. MEYERING.

Hat or Gap.

No. 214,423. Patented April 15, 1879.

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N. PETERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D Q

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE,

ALBERT MEYERING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN HATS OR CAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,423, dated April15, 1879; application filed March 19, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT MEYERING, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hats or Caps, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical sectionof a hat embodying my invention, the cape being lowered. Fig. 2 is asimilar section thereof when the cape is folded within the hat.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to the attachment to bats or caps of capes, forprotecting the ears and neck, and their concomitants.

It consists in combining with a hat or cap an ear and neck protectingcape and a chinband for holding the cape on the ears, both of which areattached to the sweat-band of the hat or cap by means of detachablefastenings, so that while the cape and chin-band are adapted to befolded within the hat or cap, as well as to be lowered therefrom, aconvenient and substantial support is obtained therefor, and both arerendered capable of separation from the hat or cap, leaving the same ina normal condition.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a hat having a sweat-band, B,which is attached thereto in any usual or suitable manner. 0 is a cape,and D a chin-band, combined with the hat according to my invention.

The cape G is made of suitable shape to cover the ears and neck, and itis attached to the sweat-band B on the rear part of the hat, while thechin-bandD is attached to the'sweatband on opposite sides of the hat.This chinband is preferably made elastic.

For the purpose of attaching the cape G and chin-band D to thesweat-band, I make use of detachable fastenin gs, which, in the exampleshown, consist of metallic clasps a, and are situated at the back and onopposite sides of the hat, the clasps at the sides serving to attachboth the cape and the chin-band. Other well-known devices, however, maybe substituted for these clasps.

By the arrangement of the cape G the same is adapted to be folded upwithin the hat A when not in use, as shown in Fig. 2, as well as to belowered to envelop the ears and neck, as shown in Fig. 1, while thechin-band D is adapted to hold the cape upon the ears. The advantage ofattaching said cape and the chin-band to the sweat-band B is that thetwo are thus firmly supported, while they can be readily appliedthereto; and the object of using the detachable fastenings a is to allowthe hat to be used without the cape and chin-band, if desirable, the hatbeing left intact or in a normal condition when the cape and chin-bandare removed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a hat or cap, of an ear and neck protecting capeand a chin-band for holding the cape on the ears, both attached to thesweat-band of the hat or cap by means of detachable fastenin gs,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 15th day of March, 1879.

ALBERT MEYERING.

Witnesses W. HAUFF, E. F. KAsrENHUBEn.

